The Driver Bundle v2.04 BETA for Framework Laptop 13 and Framework Laptop 16 (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series) is now available. Please use the installer below to update your system. This update fixed a display issue where the system would go blank/black screen with more than 64GB of RAM.
Driver Bundle
Windows 24H2
Driver Bundle Components
| Driver |
Version |
Updated |
| AMD Chipset Driver |
7.02.24.1120 |
Same |
| AMD Graphics Driver |
24.20.60.01 |
Updated |
| Realtek Audio Driver |
6.0.9679.1 |
Same |
| Realtek Audio Console |
1.51.328.0 |
Same |
| RZ616 WiFi Driver |
3.3.0.908 |
Same |
| RZ616 Bluetooth Driver |
1.1037.0.395 |
Same |
| Goodix Fingerprint Driver |
3.12804.0.260 |
Updated |
| Realtek Ethernet |
11013_20_07272023_08042023 |
Same |
| SD Card Reader |
v4_5_10_201 |
Same |
| 2nd Gen uSD Card Reader |
v4_5_10_202 |
Same |
| Monitor Driver |
1.0.0.0 |
Same |
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Nice to see the 16 receiving updates! Will test the 24.20.60.01 ASAP, what version of AFMF does it support? 2.0?
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Ooh new drivers. Can we get any info on what makes the graphics driver different from the “official” AMD drivers? Better performance for FW laptops specifically? Better power management?
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This is wonderful! Thanks for the updated graphics drivers.
Has the 2nd Gen uSD card reader been announced?
Looks like the changelog omits the monitor driver in the bundle. Was that updated @Quin_Chou ?
And ditto re updated graphics drivers!..looks like we jumped forward about 13 months based on the date of the prior version (Feb 24 > March 25)
By the way, just wanted to mention that on the Ethernet expansion card driver (7/10) installation it seemed to get “stuck”. After a while I pressed enter on the command prompt window for the installer and then it suddenly refreshed itself and skipped ahead to 9/10. I’ve observed something similar before with these Driver Bundles, it seems like the command prompt output isn’t properly updating sometimes and needs you to press enter to do so. I don’t know if this actually affects anything or if the installers are continuing to run successfully (just without updating the terminal output), but thought I would mention it.
The update work well, many thanks. I did notice the touchpad did stop working on first reboot. I then restarted again and this fault was cleared. Seems to be working fine now.
The monitor driver ist still v1.0.0.0
nothing changed.
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Anecdotally: These graphics drivers seem to work properly when starting a Windows install from hibernate. Putting the laptop into hibernate caused the graphics driver to fail to start when turning it on again. Will report back with any other things I observe after a week or so of testing.
This update isn’t working very well for me. I’ve noticed that if I start the laptop on battery, plug it in, then do something that engages the MUX switch (launching a game, in my instance) the game will barely run at all. AMD smartshift will claim it’s 100% biased towards the CPU, and I’ll have to restart the laptop to clear the issue. I also haven’t made it through a 15-minute Helldivers 2 op without the game crashing. (I’m 0 for 2 right now, and I’m going to try a third time in a minute and see what happens. Also haven’t tested with any other game yet; I’ll get back to you on that.)
UPDATE: Yeah, third time didn’t work either. I was able to get DOOM to run smoothly though so it might be game-specific. Tbh, kinda wanted to play Helldivers though. I’ll roll back to the last set of drivers and try again when these are out of Beta. Oh, and one thing I will say: AFMF2 works wonderfully on both games.
No problem for me on Helldivers 2 or Dying Light. Driver works well, games don’t crash for me. I had problems but after using DDU and re-installing everything worked fine. YMMV, will test more tonight. Using Atlas OS on W11 26100.3476.
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DDU was a good idea, but I just tried it and still got crashes. One with AFMF2 enabled and one without. Might just be my system? I’m on stock Win11 with the 7840HS/7700s config.
@Quin_Chou Is there a time estimate as to when this driver bundle will be officially released?
The latest Blender 4.4.1 requires a GPU Driver version of AMD Adrenalin driver 24.6.1 or newer, however the latest official Framework non beta driver is 23.40.18.02, so I am unable to use my GPU for rendering.
This has forced me to rely on using older editions in order to use HIP, so I was curious as when this driver will be officially released.
